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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68091	A preparation to the most holie ministerie wherein is set downe the true meanes to be well prepared to the same, by an exact description, and consideration, of the necessitie, excellencie, difficultie, and great profit therof; with the maruellous effects of the same: also a liuely exhortation to all youth, to giue themselues to the studie therof: and a confutation of the obiections which may be brought in any sort to touch the same: verie profitable and necessarie in these our times, ... Diuided into two bookes. Written in French by Peter Gerard, and translated into English by N.B.	Gerard, Pierre.	1598 (1598)	STC 11754; ESTC S108635	151,047	320

manner that it would please him to deliuer him from the counsell of that disloyal and trecherous subiect hee was deliuered and all the people with him To this purpose we may alledge that which is spoken in the Psalme Psal 119 that by this meanes Gods children do surpasse the counsell of the wise and how is that When he staieth vpon the law of the Lord wherein he meditateth day and night Secondly when our enemies do begin to execute theyr enterprises agaynst vs there is nothing which is of such force to bridle them and retaine them to bring them to naught then the prayers of the true preachers of the worde Howe came it to passe that the Amalachites cruell minded men were ouercome by the Israelites Was it not by the prayer of Moses For it is sayde in Exodus Exod 17 VVhen Moses helde vppe his handes Israel preuailed but when hee let his handes downe Amalech preuailed Now Moses hands were heauie ther fore they tooke a stone and put it vnder him and he sate vppon it And Aaron and Hur staied vp his handes the one of the one side and the other on the other side So his handes were steddie vntill the going downe of the Sunne And Ioshua discomfited Amalech and his people with the edge of the sworde But beholde a most notable example to shewe plainelie what force there is in the prayers of the Prophets 1 Sam 7 Wee reade of the people of Israel being euen readie to bee slaine by the furie of the Philistines not knowing what to doo they had recourse vnto Samuel and they earnestly intreated him to pray vnto the Lorde for them and they pray him to multiplie his prayers in these wordes Cease not to crie vnto the Lorde our God for vs that bee maie saue vs out of the hande of the Philistines What came to passe It is added That at the prayer and sacrifice which hee made the Lorde thundered with a great thunder that day vppon the Philistins and scattered them so they were slaine before Israel Moreouer we may see that God by the power of the praier of his seruants doth not only destroy his enemies by ordinary means and instruments but by those that are extraordinarie that it giueth men great occasion to wonder when he would saue his children hee hath depriued theyr enemies of theyr sight Wee reade 2 Kig 6 that when Elizeus had aduertised the King of Israel of all that the King of Ashur had enterprysed agaynst him the king of Syria knowing that it was Elizeus that discouered his purposes to the king of Israel by the spirit of prophesie hee sent a great army into Dothan to take him what happened to the king of Seria He was himselfe deceiued after an vsuall maner his army at the prayer of Elizeus was stricken with blindnesse by the Lord presently after the Prophet Elizeus had so prayed O Lorde I pray thee strike this people with blindnesse So they were themselues deliuered into the handes of theyr enemies in daunger of loosing theyr liues and they had beene destroyed had it not beene that God also woulde myraculously by his Prophet preserue them as they were by him deliuered into the hande of theyr enemie the king of Israel Let vs go further if anie question bee made of appeasing the wrath of God by the faythfull who haue prouoked the Lord diuerse wayes who preserues them from the execution of his indignation but onelie those that haue authoritie to preach the worde What did preserue the Iewes from mortalitie and destruction when God was maruellously stirred vppe agaynst them but the earnest petition of Moyses which hee made vnto the Lorde At that time when God would haue destroyed them because of their murmuring hardnesse of heart and madnesse in that they wold haue stoned Caleb Ioshua as God had declared to Moses Moses I say did not he disarme the wrath and fury of the Lord by this notable request I beseech thee lette the power of my Lorde bee great according as thou hast spoken saying Num. 14. The Lord is slow to anger and of great mercie and forgiuing iniquitie and sinne but not making the wicked innocent and visiting the wickednesse of the fathers vppon the Children vnto the third and fourth generation Bee mercifull I beseech thee vnto the iniquitie of this people according to thy great mercie and as thou hast forgiuen this people from Egypt euen vntill nowe And the Lorde sayde The prayers of the seruants of god appeaseth Gods wrath whē he is stirred vp against his people Num. 16. I haue forgiuen it according to thy request Lette vs ioyne vnto this Historie another which is in the same Booke and lette vs beholde yet more plainely in what account with God the messengers of the word of God are We reade there that the people hauing murmured against Moses Aarō that God consumed them as a burning fire Moses said vnto Aaron Take the Censor and put fire therein of the Altar and put therein Incense and go quickly vnto the congregation and make an attonment for them to appease the Lord by his requests and supplications When Aaron had done as Moses cōmanded him after the death of fourteen thousand seuē hundred the plague stayed If then God hath giuen them force to cure the diseases of the soule that is to turne away the punishments of God which he purposed to powre forth vpon men for theyr sinnes it is not so admirable if they haue cured the diseases of the bodie But that none should doubt hereof behold howe Moses deliuered by his prayers his Sister Miryam from her leprosie which happened vnto her because that shee and hir brother Aaron grudged against Moses because he had married a woman which was an Aethiopian We reade in the first of the Kings 13. Num. 12. God healeth corporall diseases by the prayers of his seruāts 1 King 13 After that the man of God had cryed against the Altar of Ieroboam and his Priests the King Ieroboam stretched foorth his hand to lay hold on him and his hand dryed vppe wherefore Ieroboam being afraid prayed the man of God to pray vnto God for him that his hand might bee as it was before which when the man of God had done ● King 5 his hand became as whole as the other Elizeus likewise cured Naaman of his leprosie Saint Paul and some other of the Apostles haue made the lame to go and restored their members to the impotent and haue brought many to perfect health when they were possessed with diuers diseases thē when they went about to preach the word of God Lette vs come likewise to other points which are more commendable that is that the vertue of the Pastor doth not extend it selfe onely to the diseases of the bodie but to all the health of men that is euen as they haue cured the diseases of the body so they haue made those sicke that

Kings went to Elizeus to enquire of him concerning the word of the Lord. Elizeus sayde vnto them Thus saith the Lord ye shall neither see winde nor rayne yet the vally shall be filled with water that ye may drinke both ye and your cattle and your beastes And in the morning the vallies and the ditches were filled with water And what more if question be made of the ayer which is another Element hath not god made it manifest that he can vse it when hee pleaseth to execute after a wonderfull manner the iust iudgements of God his Maister The ayre obeyed the word of the Lord vttered by his seruant The tenne plagues wherewith Pharaoh was stroken doth beare hereof sufficient witnesse First when hee turned by the rod of Moses the waters into bloud Secondly when hee filled with frogges all the flouds riuers and ponds which were in the countrey of Egypt In the third place when he sent lice fourthly when he sent noysome flies Fifthly when he sent the murrein of Beastes Sixtly the plague of botches and sores Seuenthly the hayle by which Pharaoh was constrained to confesse his sinne Eightly the grassehoppers Ninthly darkenesse Tenthly the death of the first borne both of man and beast Lette vs see whether their power doth not stretch vnto the two other Elements that is to the fire and the earth by what authenticque testimonies may we proue the same Concerning fire we reade that when King Ahaziah fell sicke he sent two captains with fiftie mē of armes one after another vnto Elias they in a brauerie cōmanding the prophet to speak with the King 2 King 1 Elias answered them If I be a man of God let fire come downe from Heauen and deuour thee and thy fiftie So fire came downe from heauen and deuoured him and his fiftie And if question bee made whether the earth hath serued them wee want not examples hereof where we may see Num. 16 that at their word the earth opened Korah Dathan and Abiram and one hundred and fiftie men who rebelled against Moses were swallowed vp aliue and all that they had when the earth cloaue asunder at the word of Moyses when he spake after this maner to the congregation which were assembled about the Tabernacle If these men dye the common death of all men or if they bee visited after the visitation of all men the Lord hath not sent me But if the Lord make a newe thing the earth open her mouth and swallow them vp with all that they haue and they goe downe quicke vnto the pit then you shall vnderstand that these men haue prouoked the Lord. This example sheweth that the earth denieth not her obedience vnto them no more then the other elements when God will stir vp the force that is in them What can we say besides this seeing that the Pastors in theyr charges are of more force then the Elements What thing is there so strong and fearefull that doth not yeelde at theyr woordes Lyons Beares which are cruell Beastes Lyons Bears and other wild beasts do yeeld to the word of the seruants of God 2 King ● cannot bee exempted for in part these beastes haue serued the Prophets and seruants of God for the execution of the iudgements of God The beares do beare witnesse who serued Elisha to deuour the fortie and two children which called him Ball pate Ball pate others haue beene ouercome as it were in combate by the seruants of God as mention is made in the 1. Sam. 1 Sam. 17 of Dauid who vanquished a beare and a lyon Daniel Dan. 6 being cast into the Lyons denne for to be deuoured of them by his prayers he stopped their mouthes We reade in the Acts how that a viper leaped out of the fire vpon the hand of Saint Paule and did him no hurt But some will obiect that there is death Act. 28 which is not at their commaundement for shee cannot bee made to to yeelde It is also said in the common prouerbe That there is a remedie for all things except death We answere that neither this is exempted And in truth it is a most notable point that as the worde of the seruants of God is more strong then the life of men so it is also stronger then death it selfe that euen as God whē he willeth by the worde of his seruants he killeth men so also by the same word hee rayseth them vp from death Behold foure examples that doth make proofe hereof and here we may not that seeing that this thing is very hard to be beleeued God hath not left one example alone or two in his worde but euen foure that hee might make it the better knowne what force he giueth to his Prophets when he pleaseth 1 King 17 Elias restored the son of the woman of Sarepta from death to life 2. Elisha recouered his hostesse son 3. 2. King 4 Acts 9 Tabitha a great almes giuer was restored by Saint Peter 4. A young man called Eutichus falling from an high loft beeing dead Acts 20 was restored to life by Saint Paule If wee shoulde go further wee might alledge that the Diuels which ruleth ouer death are not exempted For they are easilie ouercome by the vertue of this worde pronounced by their mouth And wee may see a notable example in Saint Paule Acts 16 whom a certaine maide when he was at Philippi in Macedonia commonlie followed who had the spirite of diuination at whom Paul being greeued hee turned about to the spirit and said I commaund thee in the name of Iesus Christ that thou come out of her and he came out the same houre This was an effect of that power which was giuen by Iesus Christ to the Apostles Mat. 10. Mat. 10 to cast out vncleane spirits and to cure all kinde of diseases Is it possible to deuise any thing by those which haue the ripest wits which is more strong then the voice of the good Pastors and Prophets We haue proued that there is nothing neither in earth nor in the aire nor in hell it selfe which is not constrained to yeelde and submit it selfe vnto the power of their worde Nothing remaineth then but that wee must needs affirme that God onely is almightie and yet he is of such goodnesse that he suffereth himselfe to be ouercome somtime by the word prayer of his seruants in such sort that hauing determined to punish destroy thē that haue prouoked him he hath bin kept backe and vanquished by their praiers as though hee were more weake and his seruants the conquerors as though they were the stronger This is very true Exod. 23 as we may see plainly by an example We reade that the people of the Iewes seeing Moses to stay too long before hee returned vnto them from the mount Sinai where hee receiued the tables of the law written by the finger of God they caused a Calfe of golde to bee made